Le Concert des oiseaux

This program evokes, through the fascination of men for birds, a certain vision of music in the 17th and 18th centuries, between science, nature and culture. The song of birds is very different from the song of instruments and yet no other animal has ever inspired musicians and composers as much, from the Middle Ages to the 21st century. This program evokes, through the fascination for birdsong, a certain vision of music in the 17th and 18th centuries, between science, nature and culture, and mirrors works from the 20th and 21st centuries... Kôske Nozaki, recorders and bird flageolets Florence Bolton, viola da gamba and commentary Benjamin Perrot, theorbo, baroque guitar and serinette